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Nov. 16, 1937. w. MARSHALL REGISTER Filed April 24, 1936 l INVENTOR 1l lggm mafhqll ry TORNEYS Patented Nov. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I REGISTER William Marshall, Seattle, Wash.

Application` April 24,

3 Claims.

My present invention relates to that type of memorandum pad wherein rolls of paper are employed which are adapted to be drawn over a writing surface in order that notes or other memorandum may be written upon the exposedportion of the strip, anclmore particularly to registers.

My present invention is characterized by details of construction that readily adapt it to either hanging on the wall at a convenient angle or to lying on a flat surface at the proper angle for writing with means to support it in an angular position that is opposite to that when used on a wall. My device is further characterized by providing a permanent record in addition to a strictly memorandum strip, to the end that a memorandum may be written and torn off and yet there will be deposited on the second strip, through a carbon copying arrangement, a record of the memorandum which is torn oi. I have further provided tensioning means for the rollers and a convenient means for removing and replacing the memorandum strip rolls all of which are so arranged as to lend themselves to economicalproduction thus providing an efficient and inexpensive device which will serve a. wide variety of needs.

Other and more specific objects will be apparent from the following description taken in 30 connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a. top plan view of my device.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the rollers of my device.y

Figure 3 is a vertical, sectional View through my device as it appears when used as a wall memorandum pad.

Figure 4 is a vertical, sectional view showing my' pad as used on a fiat surface.

Figure .5 is a fragmentary view of the paper shearing device used with my memorandum pad.

Referring to the drawing, throughout which like reference characters indicate like parts, 6 designates the body of my memorandum pad. This may be made of any suitable material` such as lsheet metal, wood, or any of the various molded products as bakelite. The body consists essentially of two side portions as 8 and 8 and curved opposite ends as II and I2, and a. writing surface as I4.

Journaled within the body 6 are three transverse shafts as I6, I'I, and I8. These should have, preferably, an irregular cross-section as the nat sides indicated in the various views.

Each shaft has a round bearing portion as 20,

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2I, and 22 which are journaled within the side member 8. Fitted to the opposite end of the Y shaft are knob members-24, 25 and 26, each of these should be, preferably, provided with a fairly large bearing surface as 28, 29 and 30. The need 5 for the enlargementis largely due to the fact that considerably more pressure is applied to these bearings, due to the manipulation of the shafts, than is placed upon the opposite end bearings. These enlarged bearings are suitably jour- 10 naled within side member 9. Each of the knob members should be either provided with grooves or the shafts themselves should be provided with grooved portions as 32, 33 and 34. These grooves are to guide and take the tensioning pressure 15 from spring 36.

This spring, as is probably best shown in Figure 3. is'wrapped around shaft I8 and comes 01T the upper side of the same, passes under shaft I'I and over shaft I6 thus applying constant tension 20 to the three shafts, assuring that they will stay in position, yet the pressure thus exerted on a relatively small diameter does not interfere with their smooth action when the operating knobs are turned. The extreme end of spring 36 is 25 bent at right angles to the plane of the spring to provide the outwardly extending end 38 which passes out through slot 48.

Pivoted to shaft I8 is the paper cutting, or shearing edge, 42. This has side members as 44 30 and 45 which extend down to engage shaft I8.

, The spring end 38 extending out through the slot 48 engages one side of member 44, as illustrated in Figure 5, and normally urges the cutting member up over the top of the pad after the showing 35 of Figures 3 and 4. When so arranged the shearing of the paper will occur at point 41 which will leave a reasonable length extending out of the paper opening 49. It is thus possible to press, with the hand, the cutting member back to the 40 position illustrated in Figure 5 so that the free end of the paper can be grasped conveniently and pulled down over the writing surface I4.

My device is arranged with one strip of paper as 58 which is intended to be unwound fromshaft 45 I6 and wound up on shaft I'I.. This forms a permanent record which yis easily removed from the device by pulling outwardly on knob 25 until the spring 36 rides upon the collar 31 next to the paper roll. At this point journal 2l will be 50 free of Wall 8 and the side wall 9 will be in groove 33. Thus the shaft II can be tipped downwardly toward the bottom of the frame 6 so that the roll of paper can be slipped off and a new one seated thereon. In the same manner 55 4ten on strip 52 when the back of the same is not carbonized. Or in the event that the back vof the roll |I is carbonized, the shaft I1 may remain stationary and take many impressions in cases where it is not desired to maintain a permanent record. On the other hand it is possible to use merely the permanent record portion of my device by writing on strip 50 direct without using strip 52 at all.

For use in kitchens and the like it is very convenient to hang myv memorandum pad up on the wall. 'I'his is easily done by slipping loop 54 over some convenient large headed nail after the showing of Figure 3. When in this position it has been found most convenient, however, to have the writing surface angularly disposed with respect to wall 56. This is provided for in my present device by the U-shapedmember 5I which vis pivoted at its ends 60 and 6I in side walls 8 and 9, respectively. It has been found desirable to have a bend in the same at I3 so that it will not interfere with the smooth action of spring 36. When my memorandum pad is used upon a fiat surface -the pad should be tipped in the opposite direction afr the showing of Figure 4. In this position member 58 is reversed so that it leaves the stop lug 65 and abuts lug il. It has been found possible to vary the angularity of my device as respects the vertical wall il or a flat surface 68 by bending member 5l as at 10.

The foregoing description and the accompanying drawing are believed to clearly disclo a preferred embodiment of the invention but it will be understood that this disclosure is merely illustrative and that such changes in the invention may be made as are fairly within the scope and spirit of the following claims.

1. In a device as described, the combination l with a support having a writing surface provided with spaced transverse slots adapted to receive a web vand having an auxiliary slot, apair of reels mounted beneath said surface adapted for coaction with the opposite ends of the web, and means for revoivingsaid reels, of an auxiliary reel mounted beneath said surface adjacent said auxiliary slot having a duplicating web thereon and one end of said duplicating web being 'attached thereto and the other end passing through said auxiliary slot and overlapping said first web, shearing means for said duplicating web pivotally mounted on said auxiliary reel, grooved collars and said reels, and means engaging said collars for releasably retaining said reels and for urging said shearing means to operating position.

2. In a device as described, the combination with a support having a Writing surface provided with spaced transverse slots adapted to receive a web and having an auxiliary slot, a pair of reels mounted beneath said surface adaptedA for co-action with the opposite ends of `said web, and means for revolving said reels, of an auxiliary reel mounted beneath said surface adjacent said auxiliary slot having a duplicating web thereon and one end of said duplicating web being attached thereto and the other end passing through said auxiliary slot and overlapping said first web, shearing means for said duplicating web pivotally mounted on said auxiliary reel, grooved collars on said reels, and single means engaging said collars for releasably retaining said reels.

3. In a device as described, the combination with a support having a writing surface provided with spaced transverse slots adapted to receive a web and having an auxiliary slot, a pair of reels mounted beneath said surface adapted for coaction with the lopposite ends of said web. and means for revolving said reels, of an auxiliary reel mounted beneath said surface adjacent said auxiliary slot having a duplicating web thereon and one'end of said duplicating web being attached thereto and the other end passing through said auxiliary slot and overlapping said rst web, shearing means for said duplicating web pivotally mounted on said auxiliary reel, grooved collars on said reels, and single means engaging said collars for releasably retaining said reels and for urging said shearing means into operating position.

WILLIAM MARSHALL. 

